Status
Operational: Operating
Process: hydrometallurgy. Capacity: 30,000 t/yr (Legacy figure; not re-verified).
Korea's largest independent battery recycler; Gunsan North Jeolla; NMC and NCA hydromet; feeds Samsung SDI and SK On pCAM supply chains; expanding EU presence (Hungary plant planned).
Customers and offtakers: Samsung SDI / SK On / LGES.
Plant record
Plant record
| Company | SungEel HiTech |
| Plant | Gunsan Recycling Plant |
| City | Gunsan |
| State or province | North Jeolla |
| Country | South Korea |
| Type | Recycler |
| Process | hydrometallurgy |
| Output stage | battery-grade salts |
| Input chemistries | NMC, NCA |
| Output products | Co / Ni / Mn / Li salts; pCAM |
| Capacity (t/yr input) | 30000 |
| Capacity basis | Legacy figure; not re-verified |
| Status | operational |
| Status note | Operating |
| Scale | commercial |
| Start year | 2016 |
| Investment (US$ billion) | 0.4 |
| Customers and offtakers | Samsung SDI / SK On / LGES |
| OEM partnerships | Samsung SDI primary |
| Under EU Battery Regulation | No |
| Geopolitical exposure | LOW |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
In context
Where it fits
Listed in EV Battery Recycling Facilities. Recyclers are compared on where they stop: shredding to black mass, smelting to alloy, or refining to battery-grade salts that go back into cathode plants; only refining keeps the metal in the region. See Battery Recycling for the process and the market.
| Plant | Country | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Hungary Plant (SungEel HiTech) | Hungary | announced |
| Cheongju Recycling Plant (EcoPro CnG) | South Korea | operational |
| Gwangyang Recycling Plant (POSCO HY Clean Metal) | South Korea | operational |
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Gunsan Recycling Plant (SungEel HiTech)
- Sources
- ElectronsX recycling dataset; company disclosures
- Updated
- 2026-10